Shell plc (LON:SHEL - Get Free Report) has been assigned a consensus rating of "Buy" from the six ratings firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy recommendation. The average 12 month price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 3,366.67 ($41.43).
SHEL has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed an "overweight" rating on shares of Shell in a report on Tuesday, September 24th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a "buy" rating and set a GBX 3,200 ($39.37) price target on shares of Shell in a research report on Monday, December 16th.
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Shell Stock Performance
SHEL stock traded up GBX 52.06 ($0.64) during trading hours on Friday, reaching GBX 2,665.56 ($32.80). The stock had a trading volume of 1,428,123,125 shares, compared to its average volume of 212,522,719. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 2,524.69 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 2,623.54. Shell has a fifty-two week low of GBX 2,345 ($28.85) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 2,961 ($36.43). The stock has a market capitalization of £164.73 billion, a PE ratio of 1,239.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.50 and a beta of 0.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 40.32, a current ratio of 1.41 and a quick ratio of 0.87.
Shell Announces Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 19th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 14th were given a dividend of $0.34 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 14th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.06%. Shell's dividend payout ratio is currently 4,883.72%.
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Get Free ReportShell plc operates as an energy and petrochemical company Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the United States, and Rest of the Americas. The company operates through Integrated Gas, Upstream, Marketing, Chemicals and Products, and Renewables and Energy Solutions segments. It explores for and extracts crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids; markets and transports oil and gas; produces gas-to-liquids fuels and other products; and operates upstream and midstream infrastructure to deliver gas to market.
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